What was a life changing quote or tip that helped you with your anxiety?

please i want an opinion on a situation . i work in the operating room . we did a surgery on a hiv patient . after the surgery we put the instruments in a chlorine solution for about 10 minutes . after that i started washing them . i put on a normal gloves . when i was done for the day . i look at my hand and there were little cuts or scraches on the middle finger . i put alcohol , lime , salt water , perfume on it and it never hurt or anything like burning . i press that part hard and there was nothing like bleeding . please i want to know if it  is my mind which is playing games on me or anxiety issues . i did not check my fingers before going to work that day 

That no one will help you untilyou pick you broken desires by yourself

The body achieves what the mind believes! Our minds are so powerfull. They can work with us or against us.

I only seen this quote a few days ago but I was having a tough week and it really helped me. "Will the worry you have now matter in 5 years time." 

The life changing quote that I heard was...

'Anxiety and Depression are like being sat in a mind created prison but the irony is we always have the key with us to get out at any time if we choose to use it.'

The most pivotal moment for me was when I was told that I was the only person who could make myself better, and I actually listened for once. I'd spent years expecting medication or therapists to just fix me, and discussed my symptoms and problems ad nauseum without actually putting effort into changing things. I turned a corner when I was actually able to hear what I was being told and took responsibility for my own life and problems.

I still have severe health anxiety and am struggling with following this tip myself, but if there was one piece of advice that I could give to people with the same problem as me, it's this:

DO NOT GOOGLE YOUR SYMPTOMS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

Dr. Google is a sensationalist. Look up any minor symptom you have and you'll probably get at least one result that says you have cancer or some other horrible disease. It's just a bad idea in every way, shape, or form.

seek help in patience and prayer!

I think the best advice I heard is that it will go away and there is nothing wrong with you, health wise.

 

I decided to move on from talking about my anxiety as well. I used to be on medication but the professionals never asked how I felt or how I could move on. I'm still in supported housing that also didn't help to move on. My problems are finding work. I don't get on with people very well and don't see family basically. I got fed up of being a list of mental health symptoms.

one thing that helped me was DR. PHIL SAYING TO TELL YOUR SELF ITS JUST A FEELING NOT A SYMPTOM.. Honestly it actually helps.

Hi,

The ABC model which comes from REBT rational emotive behavioural therapy.

It goes something like;

A = The stimulus ie being in a plane, car, meeting, a spider, a dog

B = your belief. The belief that you will be anxious from A) or fear or A)

C = the anxiety / panic

When you panic you think that the panic/anxiety is caused by A) the stimulus which is why you feel completely out of control. Once you realise it is caused by your belief C) you realise you have control over it.

I think panic is caused 100% by your belief. For example, when you panic, if a doctor gave you a pill (say a paracetemol) and convincingly told you it would stop the attack, the placebo effect would kick in and it would stop....

To change your belief you must

1. educate yourself, research fight and flight

this will sound a bit wired but the way i used to deal with an oncoming panic attack was controlled anger. i train mma so i have a bag in my cellar. i would just go there and let it all out on the bag. that always seemed to work for me. other times i would just try and ignore it untill it passed.

my anxiety is circled around health but sertraline seems to have done wonders for me( touch wood)

When I'm having panic attack, i just get the Drug "diazepam" and the Coupon site GoRx.org give me upto 90% discount.I used it personally and it works very well.

Do not see fear as a stop sign, but as a direction indicator .

With some imagination you can change an negative event from the past in something less heavy.